A high-level BJP delegation, including Union Minister Bisheswar Tudu and several party MPs and MLAs, was detained on Tuesday after being prevented from entering violence-hit Sambalpur city. The team members were intercepted at Sripura Chhak on Jharsuguda-Sambalpur road and denied permission to move further. Later, they were taken to a nearby Thelkoli police station and detained. Sambalpur Additional Superintendent of Police Tapan Kumar Mohanty said the delegation was denied permission to enter the city because they were not abiding by the provision under section 144 of CrPC. The team comprised Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs Bisheswar Tudu, MPs Jual Oram (Sundergarh) and Suresh Pujari (Bargarh), MLAs Nauri Nayak, Shankar Oram and Kusum Tete, state BJP president Manmohan Samal and Sameer Mohanty. The team was stopped by police midway, and Tudu said he will raise the issue with the Central government. Sundergarh MP Jual Oram said the police stopped the delegation fearing exposure of police inefficiencies. Suresh Pujari also alleged that he was not allowed to come out of his residence at Sakhipada. BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal said the CM is fearing the BJP leaders as they might expose the inefficiencies in handling the violence in Sambalpur.
Reference : https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/union-bjp-bishweswar-tudu-detained-sambalpur-8562845/
